Austin Street & 72nd Road

Austin Street and 72nd Road meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Church in the Gardens is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them trade or language schools, and 60 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Queens Blvd/Ascan Av · Q60, QM18
Within a walk
8 places
3 trade or language schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Austin Street & 72nd Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 Av E, F
    1,300 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ascan Av, 800 feet away, for the Q60 and QM18.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Ascan Av Q60, QM18
    800 feet
    Q60 QM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 72 Rd 16 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on Austin Street (south side), and as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Austin Street (south side).

East side of 72nd Road

  • Metered parking 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 72nd Road

  • Metered parking 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Austin Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403258, 464143, 465178, 465179, 469275 and 469386.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Austin Medical Assistant Training LL Trade or language school
    190 feet
  2. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School
    360 feet
  3. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    390 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Church in the Gardens Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. American Training Center Trade or language school
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Forest View Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church in the Gardens Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Road or Austin Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.